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- M.E. Case:
- ME2023-05553
- Tox Case:
- 23-4633
- Deceased Name:
- [REDACTED]
- Gender:
- Male
- Autopsy Date:
- 09/15/2023
- Race:
- Black
- Report Date:
- 10/04/2023
- Age:
- 32
- Pathologist:
- ECKHARDT, MICHAEL
Comments (See NMS and/or LabCorp Reports,
if applicable)
ESCOBAR ALVARENGA, KRISTIN
Lab Director
Date: 10/04/2023
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NMS Labs
200 Welsh Road, Horsham, PA 19044-2208
Phone: (215) 657-4900 Fax: (215)
657-2972
e-mail: nms@nmslabs.com
Robert A. Middleberg, PhD, F-ABFT, DABCC-TC, Laboratory
Director
CONFIDENTIAL
Toxicology Report
- Report Issued
- 10/04/2023 11:12
- Patient Name
- [REDACTED]
- Patient ID
- ME2023-05553
- Chain
- ME2023-05553
- DOB
- [REDACTED]
- Sex
- Male
- Workorder
- 23362891
To: 10075
Cook County Medical Examiner
Attn: Dr. Escobar Alvarenga
2121 West
Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
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Positive Findings:
See Detailed Findings section for additional information
Physician/Pathologist Name: ECKHARDT
Specimens Received:
All sample volumes/weights are approximations.
Specimens received on 09/18/2023.
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- Chain
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- Patient ID
- ME2023-05553
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Detailed Findings:
Other than the above findings, examination of the specimen(s) submitted did not reveal any
positive findings of toxicological significance by procedures outlined in the accompanying Analysis
Summary.
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- Chain
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- Patient ID
- ME2023-05553
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Unless alternate arrangements are made by you, the remainder of the submitted specimens will be discarded
one (1) year from the date of this report; and generated data will be discarded five (5) years from the
date the analyses were performed.
Workorder 23362891 was electronically signed on 10/04/2023 10:01 by:
Emily M. Fenton, MBA, MSFS
Forensic Toxicologist
Analysis Summary and Reporting Limits:
All of the following tests were performed for this case. For each test, the compounds listed were
included in the scope. The Reporting Limit listed for each compound represents the lowest
concentration of the compound that will be reported as being positive. If the compound is listed as
None Detected, it is not present above the Reporting Limit. Please refer to the Positive Findings
section of the report for those compounds that were identified as being present.
Test 50002B - Amphetamines Confirmation, Blood - IVC
(Inferior Vena Cava) Blood
-Analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography/ Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for:
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- Chain
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- Patient ID
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Analysis Summary and Reporting
Limits:
Test 50014B - Cocaine and Metabolites Confirmation,
Blood - IVC (Inferior Vena Cava) Blood
-Analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography/ Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for:
Test 52198B - Cannabinoids Confirmation, Blood - IVC
(Inferior Vena Cava) Blood
-Analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography/ Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for:
Test 90024B - Postmortem, Basic, Blood (Forensic) (CSA)
- IVC (Inferior Vena Cava) Blood
-Analysis by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for:
-Analysis by Headspace Gas Chromatography (GC) for:
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